Johnny Depp launches attraction of Amber Heard $2M counterclaim verdict – Nationwide

Johnny Depp and his authorized crew have formally filed an attraction of Amber Heard‘s US$2-million counterclaim win, alleging the decision in favour of his ex-wife was “inaccurate.”

Within the 44-page attraction filed in Virginia on Wednesday, Depp and his attorneys declare Heard’s partial win from the defamation trial, which concluded in June, needs to be overturned.

The authorized submitting was shared on-line by Legislation & Crime Community.

Neither Depp nor Heard has commented publicly on the attraction.

Depp, 59, sued Heard, 36, for defamation over a 2018 op-ed she penned for the Washington Put up, during which she referred to herself as a “public determine representing home abuse.” The seven-person jury dominated in favour of Depp and awarded the actor $10 million in damages.

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Heard was awarded $2 million in a beneficial ruling on considered one of her three countersuit claims. Within the countersuit, Heard and her attorneys alleged Depp was “vicariously liable” for 3 statements made by the actor’s former lawyer, Adam Waldman, to British tabloid The Day by day Mail.

The defamatory Waldman assertion claimed Heard and her pals offered police with a “hoax” of abuse claims towards Depp in 2016. The jury dominated that when Waldman made the libellous assertion, he was performing as a consultant for Depp.

Within the attraction, Depp’s attorneys declare “Ms. Heard offered no proof at trial that Mr. Depp was personally concerned in directing or making any of the three Waldman Statements.”

The attraction continues: “Certainly, Mr. Depp testified that he had by no means even seen the Waldman Statements previous to the submitting of the Counterclaim in August of 2020.”

Depp’s attorneys claimed Waldman acted independently of his shopper when he engaged in “tortious conduct.”

The attraction urged the court docket to reverse the counterclaim verdict however “in any other case affirm the judgment in Mr. Depp’s favor.”

A request from Heard’s authorized crew for a mistrial was denied in July.

In a press release following the choice, a spokesperson for Heard claimed “the court docket made errors that prevented a simply and honest verdict according to the First Modification.”

Heard vowed to file an attraction of her personal.

“Whereas we understand right this moment’s submitting will ignite the Twitter bonfires, there are steps we have to take to make sure each equity and justice,” mentioned Heard’s spokesperson.

This week, it was revealed that Depp would seem as a visitor star in Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty trend present, which can be streamed stay on Prime Video on Wednesday. He’s additionally set to play King Louis XV within the upcoming movie Jeanne du Barry. 

Heard will seem in Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom, which has had its launch delayed till Dec. 25, 2023.

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